Swansea vs Barnsley Betting Tips & Match Predictions
Swansea vs Barnsley Intro
The end of the Championship season is almost upon us, and Barnsley are running out of games to ensure their top flight survival. They head to the Swansea.com Stadium to face Swansea who themselves could still be in trouble. Kick off for this game is on Friday April 15, 2022 at 2:00 PM.
Entering matchweek 42, Russell Martin’s Swansea side sit in the 14th place on the table with 57 points from 41 games played while Poya Asbaghi’s Barnsley squad are currently on 29 points sitting in the 22nd place. As we head deeper into the Championship season, there’s a gap between Swansea and Barnsley in the table. There’s a difference of 28 points and 8 places between the sides.
Swansea vs Barnsley Form
Following their victory over Derby in the last round, Swansea have now gone unbeaten collecting 13 points from their last five matches. At the same time, Barnsley passed up on the opportunity to add to their meagre 5 points in last five games, having lost to Millwall. Swansea can really show they mean business with another win here. They already have 10 points from five home games played most recently in the Championship. Barnsley desperately need to improve their form away from home. There have been just three points won in five games on the road.
Swansea vs Barnsley H2H
Swansea are looking to continue its positive H2H record against Barnsley here: for the 18 played, they have 10 victories compared to the away side’s 1. Swansea has definitely been the form side of the two in recent seasons. It has now won 4 more than Barnsley in the last six meetings alone.
Swansea vs Barnsley Analysis
Swansea’s last match saw them claim a victory. Derby was their last opponnent. When the referee blew fulltime, the score was 2-1. With that game now a memory, Russell Martin’s men will narrow their focus to this week’s challenge : Barnsley in Championship. In their match against Derby, Swansea had the following ball possession : 55%. Many punters rely on shots on goal data for a given team. In their last game, Swansea had 10 shots in attack and 6 shots conceded. Meanwhile, Barnsley took zero points in losing their last match. In that match, Poya Asbaghi’s men faced Millwall. After 90 minutes, the score was 1-4. In their match against Millwall, Barnsley had the following ball possession : 54%. If we look at shots on goal, Barnsley had a total of 8 shots while they conceded 13 shots.
Swansea vs Barnsley Odds
If we take a look at the odds for this match between Swansea and Barnsley we see that the bookmakers have Swansea as favourites to get the win.
